Map: "Joao Teixeira Cosographo de sua Magestade", 1649

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Author: da Motto, Aleixo
Title: Routier pour la Navigation des Indes Orientales, avec la description des isles, barres, entrées de ports... dont la connoissance est nécessaire aux pilotes
Place Published: [Paris]
Publisher:[Thomas Moette]
Date Published: [1696]
Description:

60, 20 pp. Illustrated with 1 folding map and 4 folding coast profiles. (Folio), 35.7x23.3 cm. (14¼x9¼"), boards with paper spine label.

With map "Joao Teixeira Cosographo de sua Magestade", dated 1649. Map depicts the entire east African coast, Arabia, Persia, the west coast of India and Indian Ocean. Joao Teixeira was a Portuguese cartographer. This particular map did not appear in print until it was published by Malchisedech Thevenot in his "Relationsde Divers Voyages Curieux...", in 1696.
Condition Report: Small hole in middle of map, some internal foxing and toning; overall very good.